Tuesday, April 3, 2012
My Brother Sam is Dead
In the story, Sam joins the American Revolutionary Army because he feels that the colonists are taxed unfairly by the British. His father thinks that fighting over taxes is not worth the lives that will be lost. Sam claims he is standing up for a principle. Write about a time you stood up for something you believe in. Describe what you did and how it made you feel.
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One time when I was 7 years old, my dad and I had an argument. We were debating on weather to go to a restaurant for his birthday. My dad said no, because he thought they were too expensive and no worth the cost. I told him that we could handle the cost for this one day because it was his birthday. I eventually won because my mom insisted and my dad can't argue when my mom is around. It made me feel sad that my dad didn't get his choice. In the end my dad was happy because he got to choose the restaurant. It made us all happy and it was a good experience for all of us to learn how to compromise
I believe that animals have feelings, and they need the same amount of respect as humans. Once, my Girl Scout troop held a pet supply drive to collect blankets, beds, and pillows. When our bins were full, we took a trip to the Humane Society to drop off the supply and look at the animals. When I saw the cute animals that I knew we had helped, I felt great! Whenever I donate to animals, I know it’s for a good cause.
I haven't really stood up for what i believe in yet, but when I do I will fight for what I believe in until I/we win. I'm not sure how I would feel, but maybe I'll be excited, scared, and angry ate the same time. Plus, I think the thing that will keep me motivated is thinking about what terrible things would happen if we don't win and what amazing things would happen if we won.
I stood up for someone who was being bullied.I firmly believe that being an upstander is a principle that we should stand up for. It made me feel that I was standing up for a valuable principle.
I once argued with my dad that I shouldn't have to play piano and clarinet before I watch a t.v. show at night or play videogames. It was a pretty short argument but here it is. "Dad why do I have to play all this music before I do something I want to do? What's the point of it? Why do I need to do it in the first place?" I said. And then my dad said "because i said you have to do it." And that preety much ended it. Short argument.
A situation that was similar to what Sam experienced was when I stood up to my sister when she claimed that I took something of hers. I usually take the thing (a pillow-cover), but this time I didn't. My parents thought it was me too, but I swore I didn't take it, but she didn't believe me. I helped her look almost everywhere but we still did not find it. We waited sometime, and my sister got bored waiting, and left. About an hour later, my sister comes to my room with the pillow-cover and shows it to me. I asked her where did she find it, and she did not tell me and walked away. To this day, I do not know where she found it, and she won't tell me. I believe she put it somewhere and forgot she put it there and did not want to lose her pride by telling me that. This happened twice, and both times she found it and did not tell me where she found it. I stood up for myself both times and did not ever doubt myself even once
I remember when my mom thought that I wasn't doing my work and that I was on YouTube even though I wasn't. My mom got mad at me and started to yell at me. I wanted to cry but I just kept a "poker face". Then she told me that I was going to be banned from YouTube for a week. I thought it was unfair because I wasn't on YouTube and Jennifer was really on YouTube and wasting her time. My mom was giving me a long speech about wasting time and then I didn't know that I was going to yell back. I said “You can't just ban me from watching YouTube! I wasn't even watching YouTube! Just because I was on the computer doesn't mean that I was on YouTube! Jennifer was on YouTube! She was wasting time! Not me!" I didn't mean to yell. I tried keeping my "poker face" but it didn't work. I started to cry like crazy. I couldn't stop. I felt like as if I just killed a monkey and that I brought it back to life. This means I felt ashamed of myself and that I felt proud. Before I had a bad head ache and that there was a lot of anger in my head but right after I said or yelled it all went away! I felt like a feather for some weird reason. I also felt bad because I just told on some one. That was the first time I yelled at someone so at that moment I felt really proud of myself for saying me feelings.
Somebody told my mom that I did something bad but I believed I that I did not do the thing and convinced my mom to go and confront the person. It made me feel better about what had happened. It turned out that person was lied to by another person. And then my mom apologized to me.
There was once a little girl by herself, and the other girls wouldn't let her play with them. I stood up for what i believed in by playing with her a little, and then asking the other girls if she could play with them. This time, they said yes. I felt proud when i helped that little girl and stood up for what ii believed in. :)
When my friend was hurt by this guy I told the guy why do you keep picking on people? he did not answer at all. After that he left to some place else. That made me feel like an upstander.
I have stood up for my beliefs before and I have done it many times. If you're scared of doing something, believe in it even though it has led me to some problems. When my dad and I were going to China,we only had one hour total to make it onto the next flight. We didn't have time to read the signs so we just ran looking for the plane. I suggested that we just ask people and go but, my dad believed that barging around was rude. I stuck to what I believe and I made it on time with three minutes to spare.
One time I asked my dad if I can get an x box 360 my dad said no then he said if you get a good score on your test which I did I will by it.
When I was little I really loved the sport of soccer. I asked my da if I could join the soccer league. He said sure but said that i'll will have to work for getting the ball, otherwise he said what's the point ? I fought for the ball and scored goals when I had a clear shot or had confidence I could go around the players. I did it! He then siad you are very good at soccer and you care for the ball so I will not stop you to play soccer. From that point I felt proud of my self.
One time I stood up for myself was when I argued that plastic bags shouldn't be banned. I argued because I thought it was right.
In forth grade, I wanted to go to a mission for my mission project right away. My parents said I could do it later, but I disagreed. I got the project done quickly and I got a good score.
My Brother Sam Is Dead
Sam Meeker joins the revolution as a patriot. His father thinks it is not worth it, to save money on taxes. I have been in this type of situation before. Someone I knew, and was sort of my friend hurt one of my other friends. I went and told on him, because the other person had some skin ripped off. This made me feel nervous, because I didn’t want him to get into too much of trouble, but I was kind of angry also because the other guy didn’t do anything to the guy who hurt him. I can now see how Sam’s father felt. He probably felt worried, that if his son did go to war, he might die, but also anger because his son was defying him.
When I was at my grandparent’s house, I asked my grandmother if she could get my cross-stitch project so I could practice. Poppa tried to make me do something else. He wanted me to play outside. He said that boys don’t need to know how to cross-stitch. I was sad because I really wanted to cross-stitch. I was worried that he might get mad but I told him that boys can learn to cross-stitch too. Poppa didn’t understand why I would want to cross-stitch but he said that it was okay if I wanted to. I was happy that Poppa would let me do things that girls typically do. Grandma was happy because we both like to cross-stitch and she enjoys teaching me new things.
Once at a swim meet my friend was scared and really nervous about swimming an event so i helped him have fun before the meet and it helped him to get a good timing for his event. This helps stand for my principle that my dad tells me to have fun and you'll do great for whatever it is that your doing.
Once someone stole another person's mechanical pencil so I told on the person who stole the pencil. It made me feel like I was doing the right thing.
Once I was the only one on a certain side of a debate and the only girl. I was feeling a little intimidated and awkward. I was forced onto the other side feeling disappointed.
Before I saw somebody take an eraser from a person's desk. I told that person to give the eraser back because it isn't right to take a person's belongings.Then he put the eraser back inside the desk. It made me feel great to help a person.
Once, my friends were teasing a kid, and I thought they were being really mean. I told them to stop, and said sorry to the person because my friends teased him. I felt good, and I also felt really proud of my self, especially for standing up to my friends.
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